The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the death of Chauncey Blackburn, 18, of Montgomery who died from injuries he sustained in a Feb. 24, 2018, shooting. Blackburn was pronounced dead early this morning at Baptist Medical Center South, where he had been receiving treatment since the shooting. On Saturday, Feb. 24, shortly after midnight MPD and…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that former Jefferson County District Attorney Charles Todd Henderson today received a two-year sentence, which was suspended for a term of six months in jail followed by 12 months of probation. Henderson was convicted of first-degree perjury on October 20, 2017. Henderson was elected District Attorney in 2016, but due to his indictment in January…
A Phenix City, Alabama, resident was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his role in masterminding multiple stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) schemes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. of the Middle District of Alabama. William Anthony Gosha III, a/k/a Boo Boo,…
Authorities have identified the man who shot himself to death in front of the White House. Police say it was 26-year-old Cameron Ross Burgess of Maylene, Alabama, who approached the fence along the north side of the White House and fired several rounds from a handgun shortly before noon on Saturday. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were…
On Monday, January 22, 2018 at 2:12 am, Montgomery Patrol Units responded to the area of East South Boulevard near Woodley Road in reference to two subjects shot. At the scene, Officers located a vehicle that had run into a sign and made contact with two subjects suffering from gunshot wounds. Terrance Mahone, age 22, was pronounced deceased on the…
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, a physician and nurse were arrested after being indicted in the ongoing investigation and prosecution of a “pill mill” being operated out of a Montgomery, Alabama medical office. The two new defendants in this case are physician Willie J. Chester, Jr., 64, of Pike Road, Alabama, and nurse Stephanie Michelle Ott, 42, of Fairhope, Alabama….
U.S. District Judge Virginia Hopkins entered judgment in the amount of $14,708,630.06 on behalf of whistleblower Barry Taul, who uncovered and reported an illegal kickback and false billing scheme that defrauded the Alabama Organ Center and taxpayers. A jury found in favor of Mr. Taul in the whistleblower case on Feb. 5. After discovering the fraud perpetrated by Nagel Enterprises,…
Investigators say they have new information in the disappearance of an Elmore County Woman twenty years ago. They say they are using a search warrant to look for evidence on a 300-acre plot of land in eastern Elmore County, hoping to solve the disappearance of Traci Pittman Kegley. “We have approximately 20 law enforcement agencies are involved and we have…
Montgomery city officials are once again addressing crime. Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley, and Mayor Todd Strange were among few officials taking part in a discussion of crime prevention and response last year. Officials provided a look at the crime numbers in 2017 compared to the year before: Mayor Strange says crimes committed by juveniles, were an integral part of last…
MONTGOMERY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE MAN REPORTEDLY ARMED WITH A GUN NEAR THE BLOUNT CULTURAL PARK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ON SATURDAY, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON VAUGHN ROAD WAS EVACUATED AS OFFICERS INVESTIGATE AN INCIDENT IN WHICH A CAR REPORTEDLY OVERTURNED WITH PEOPLE INSIDE. APARTMENT RESIDENTS TOLD ALABAMA NEWS NETWORK THEY SAW SEVERAL POLICE CARS AND A CIVILIAN CAR…
